A comparison of several methods used to quantify prepulse inhibition of eyeblink responding

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 326-332

  Blumenthal, Terry D ^a   Elden, Aake ^b   Flaten, Magne Arve ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blink; Inhibition; PPI; Prepulse; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1942440418     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2003.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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